brm_138241 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus
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Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: fin 307
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,30 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une patine marron. La monnaie a subi un nettoyage ancien
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI/ S|A//PTR.
Reverse description : Mars marchant à droite, casqué, nu, le manteau flottant au vent, tenant de la main droite une haste transversale et de la gauche un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Marti Patri Propugnatori”, (À Mars défenseur de la patrie).
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Augustus
Constantine was born in 274, son of Constance Chlore and Helena. He was named Caesar on the death of his father on July 25, 306 and was proclaimed august on December 25, 307. He married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule, who gave him five children, three of whom were augusts. The first twenty years of his reign are devoted to imposing himself as the main august against Maximian Hercules, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin II and Licinius. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed on May 22, 337.
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